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UNC bounces back with convincing win

By DANIEL MALLOY | December 28

For UNC-Asheville, it really wasn't fair. The best the Bulldogs could have hoped for was to face a North Carolina team complacent from reading ...

UNC student diagnosed with contagious virus

By Brian Hudson | December 21

Campus officials are urging students who attended recent parties at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house to seek medical attention after a member ...

Broncos hang around, but UNC avoids repeat upset

By DANIEL MALLOY | December 17

Last year North Carolina started its season with an 11-point loss to Santa Clara. At the start of Saturday's rematch, the scene looked awfully ...

Hip-hop Nation emphasizes not only music but culture

By president of Hip-Hop Nation | October 13

Hip-hop can't stop and won't stop. No student organization epitomizes this ethos like Hip-Hop Nation - now entering its 10th year. The group held its ...

Referendum passes first test

By MAC MOLLISON | October 12

Almost a year after a contentious debate on the topic, members of Student Congress revisited Tuesday the issue of stipends for student government leaders. Congress' ...

Show not a drag

By RACHEL AIKEN | October 12

Glitter, push-up bras and flying dollar bills filled the stage of the Great Hall on Tuesday night. The excited chatter of the hundreds of students ...

Cooper files lawsuit against gas suppliers

By CAITLIN LEGACKI | October 12

Consumers and one Triangle area gas station owner have gained the support of N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper in the fight against rising gas prices. Cooper ...

Elections attract older students

By KATHRYN ROWLAND | October 12

Maintaining a healthy political community in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area depends upon the involvement of graduate students, local leaders say. In ...

Forum looks at range of issues

By KATHY CHO | October 12

Candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council hawked their ideas Tuesday at a forum held by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. Local nonprofit ...

Religious group protests Coming Out Week events

By LINDSAY MICHEL | October 12

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation named this year's National Coming Out Day theme "Talk About It." But a group of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender ...

Arizona universities live with sharp tuition increases

By BRETT STURM | October 12

Students attending Arizona's two largest public universities have weathered three years of the sharpest tuition increases in the state's recent memory. A ...

Stepheson adds to talented class

By DANIEL MALLOY | October 12

Forward Alex Stepheson gave a verbal commitment Tuesday to play basketball at North Carolina, a decision that solidifies Roy Williams' 2006 recruiting ...

Bloated records muddy old feats

By MATT ESTREICH | October 12

As Louisville was putting its final stamp on a 69-14 shellacking of the Tar Heels on Saturday, North Carolina fans had to be thinking, "it can't get much ...

Firefighters return from aid trip to Louisiana

By KYLE BILLINGS | October 12

First responders from around Orange County are back in town after giving time and energy to a nationwide effort to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Chapel ...

Neighbors say woman causing a stink

By KYLE BILLINGS | October 12

Some Chapel Hill residents are trying to convince the town to rid a neighbor's yard of unsanitary human waste, but inspectors say they haven't found evidence ...

UNC stabs Lancers in big win

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | October 12

For one brief moment it looked like underdog Longwood had stunned the North Carolina men's soccer team with an early opening goal. Then Justin ...

Ryan pushes for town to update its services

By MEGHAN DAVIS | October 12

Board of Aldermen candidate Katrina Ryan has seen towns like Carrboro before. Her hometown of Big Spring, Texas is remarkably similar, she said. Big ...

Neighborhood mulls over possible conservation district status

October 12

Pine Knolls residents met Tuesday night about their neighborhood's bid for Neighborhood Conservation District status. Pine Knolls is the fifth Chapel ...

N.C. beats national school-suspension rate

By SETH PEAVEY | October 12

N.C. public school students are being suspended 45 percent more often than their national counterparts, according to a survey released by the N.C. Child ...

Student pens juicy novel

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | October 12

It's not exactly the classic struggling novelist story. December 2002: the University is blanketed by ice and power is out across town. Alex McAulay, ...